NIU vs KHQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NIU
Access essential campus information, including event schedules, tech support, and residence hall updates. Find emergency contacts, navigate with campus maps, and connect through social media.
- Campus resource links
- Event calendars
- Tech guides
- Laundry machine status
- Emergency information
- Campus maps
- Social media integration
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The NIU Mobile app provides links to everything from campus resources, event calendars, tech guides and residence hall laundry machine status updates to emergency information, campus maps, social media and more.
KHQ
Prepare for exams with professionally written content and current test questions. Study conveniently, ace your next exam, and improve your grades. Offers customizable quizzes, flashcards, and progress tracking.
- Pre-populated tests
- Chapter-specific study
- Custom quiz/test creation
- Key term study
- Flashcard creation and use
- Struggle-based test building
- Results tracking
- Result sharing
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The best exam prep tools out there. The most professionally written content by current professors using current test questions. Better grades, more convenient, in less time. Use the KHQ app to help you study for your test with convenience and confidence. Ace your next exam. - Use pre populated test - Study just the chapters you need - Create your own customized quizzes or test - Study all the key terms - Use the current flash cards or create your own - Features that allow you to build tests around just the questions with which you struggle - Track your results - Share your results with friends
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NIU at 71% against KHQ's 19%. NIU also leads on rating (2.9 vs 1.7) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). KHQ's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 13) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NIU holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 58 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of NIU's written reviews are positive against 19% of KHQ's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NIU | KHQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (13 ratings) — better | 1.7 (58 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.1% of reviews — better | 18.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 58 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northern Illinois University | Kendall Hunt Publishing |
Customer experience
NIU
KHQ
In-app purchases
NIU
No in-app purchases
KHQ
No in-app purchases
